Winter solstice today – click in to read our safe driving tips for travelling after dark

date-icon 21 Dec 2012  author-icon Posted by Miriam O'Neill


It’s the Winter Solstice today so that means we’ll only get about 7 and a half hours of daylight with the sun setting at about 16:08 to be precise.  We’ve dedicated a page on our website called ‘Driving after dark’ with lots of advice and interesting facts on driving and night vision.  Did you know that it’s a good idea to avoid smoking at night if driving as nicotine and carbon monoxide hamper night vision for example?

TIPS ON STAYING SAFE WHEN DRIVING AFTER DARK

Written by Miriam O'Neill
Miriam O’ Neill, PR Exec at AA Ireland began working in the AA in August 2010. Miriam’s core activities on a day to day basis include management of the AA’s media relations programme, generation of quality coverage in support of key business lines, provision of content for AA social media channels and the AA customer Ezine, regular broadcast interviews, occasional events management and interactions with the large AA customer base on motor policy issues.


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